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diff --git a/mysys/mf_radix.c b/mysys/mf_radix.c
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+/* Copyright (C) 2000 MySQL AB & MySQL Finland AB & TCX DataKonsult AB
+   
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+   
+   This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Library General Public License for more details.
+   
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
+   Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
+   MA 02111-1307, USA */
+
+/*
+  Radixsort for pointers to fixed length strings.
+  A very quick sort for not to long (< 20 char) strings.
+  Neads a extra buffers of number_of_elements pointers but is
+  2-3 times faster than quicksort
+*/
+
+#include "mysys_priv.h"
+#include <m_string.h>
+
+	/* Radixsort */
+
+void radixsort_for_str_ptr(uchar **base, uint number_of_elements, size_s size_of_element, uchar **buffer)
+{
+  uchar **end,**ptr,**buffer_ptr;
+  uint32 *count_ptr,*count_end,count[256];
+  int pass;
+
+  end=base+number_of_elements; count_end=count+256;
+  for (pass=(int) size_of_element-1 ; pass >= 0 ; pass--)
+  {
+    bzero((gptr) count,sizeof(uint32)*256);
+    for (ptr= base ; ptr < end ; ptr++)
+      count[ptr[0][pass]]++;
+    if (count[0] == number_of_elements)
+      goto next;
+    for (count_ptr=count+1 ; count_ptr < count_end ; count_ptr++)
+    {
+      if (*count_ptr == number_of_elements)
+	goto next;
+      (*count_ptr)+= *(count_ptr-1);
+    }
+    for (ptr= end ; ptr-- != base ;)
+      buffer[--count[ptr[0][pass]]]= *ptr;
+    for (ptr=base, buffer_ptr=buffer ; ptr < end ;)
+      (*ptr++) = *buffer_ptr++;
+  next:;
+  }
+}